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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200407-04.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200407-04">
<title>Pure-FTPd: Potential DoS when maximum connections is reached</title>
<synopsis>
Pure-FTPd contains a bug potentially allowing a Denial of Service attack
when the maximum number of connections is reached.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">Pure-FTPd</product>
<announced>2004-07-04</announced>
<revised count="02">2006-05-22</revised>
<bug>54590</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="net-ftp/pure-ftpd" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.0.18-r1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="le">1.0.18</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
Pure-FTPd is a fast, production-quality and standards-compliant FTP
server.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Pure-FTPd contains a bug in the accept_client function handling the
setup of new connections.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
When the maximum number of connections is reached an attacker could
exploit this vulnerability to perform a Denial of Service attack.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
upgrade to the latest available version.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All Pure-FTPd users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv "&gt;=net-ftp/pure-ftpd-1.0.18-r1"
# emerge "&gt;=net-ftp/pure-ftpd-1.0.18-r1"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://www.pureftpd.org">Pure-FTPd website</uri>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0656">CVE-2004-0656</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="submitter">
jaervosz
</metadata>
</glsa>